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"DESPITE THE BOOK TITLE, flying is safe." Read the first page
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die (Hardcover)
The thesis of this text may be true but the statistics used to "prove" it are hogwash. Mr. Craig should plot the proportions of pilots who crash against flight time instead of the raw numbers. Bad use of statistics.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hogwash,
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This review is from: The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die (Hardcover)
Extremely poor use of stats, seems like quite a lot of the science (especially the analogies) aren't quite right. Needed a better editor. Give this book a miss.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Suprisingly Good Book,
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This review is from: The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die (Hardcover)
As a pilot who had already made it through the "Killing Zone" and past the 350 hour hour mark, I was doubtful that this book would have much new insight for me. I was very pleasantly surprised, however, for two reasons. First, Paul Craig did an excellent job describing how each of many procedures should be performed properly AND what the common pitfalls were. So many books tell you how to do it right and then do not mention what the common traps and errors are. Second, while many of the several hundred suggestions and stories in the book were not new to me, quite a few were, and I learned more than I expected. For example, the case of a pilot who took off in the morning on a cold day having drained the sumps diligently. 45 minutes into the flight the ice in the tanks (due to improperly replaced fuel caps) melted and caused the engine to stop. The moral here is that if you find loose fuel caps and the temperature is below freezing, it is not enough to simply drain the sumps. You need to put the plane in a hanger (or let the sun warm it up) until you are confident that there is no ice inside. Another example is LAHSO operations and how they work and that the controllers will tell you how much distance you have if you ask. After reading that I memorized my home field dimensions and am prepared to visualize whether 3000 feet is enough for me to safely LAHS. Perhaps the best concept he explored was complacency and our natural tendencies as pilots to extrapolate. We miss an item on the checklist once and nothing goes wrong so we think we do not need it. I was sad to read how many people learned this lesson the hard way when they missed a simple yet crucial checklist item that could have prevented a terrible crash. As long as there are any planes crashing due to human error, this book is relevant and worthwhile.
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